Catholic Public Domain Version
"For I would prefer it if you were all like myself. But each person has his proper gift from God: one in this way, yet another in that way. "
— 1 Corinthians 7:7, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.”
“Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that. ”
“Yet I wish that all men were like me. However each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.”
“I wish that everyone was as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one this way, another that.”
“For I would that all men were even as myself. But every one hath his proper gift from God: one after this manner, and another after that.”
“It is my desire that all men might be even as I am. But every man has the power of his special way of life given him by God, one in this way and one in that.”
“For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.”
It is not the wife, but the husband, who has power over her body. But, similarly also, it is not the husband, but the wife, who has power over his body.
So, do not fail in your obligations to one another, except perhaps by consent, for a limited time, so that you may empty yourselves for prayer. And then, return together again, lest Satan tempt you by means of your abstinence.
But I am saying this, neither as an indulgence, nor as a commandment.
For I would prefer it if you were all like myself. But each person has his proper gift from God: one in this way, yet another in that way.
But I say to the unmarried and to widows: It is good for them, if they would remain as they are, just as I also am.
But if they cannot restrain themselves, they should marry. For it is better to marry, than to be burned.
But to those who have been joined in matrimony, it is not I who commands you, but the Lord: a wife is not to separate from her husband.